Climate averages 1991–2020
Stoke-on-Trent weather
in October.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and one of the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cool month in Stoke-on-Trent: daytime highs average 13.1°C and nights cool to about 7.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 70 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (one of the wettest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 39 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Crewe (20 km away). In October its highs average 13.1°C, about as warm as Stoke-on-Trent, with 67 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, Stoke-on-Trent ranks joint 102nd of 143 for the warmest October highs and joint 90th of 143 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 143 cities is 13.6°C; Stoke-on-Trent is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 3.9°C to 9.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 70 mm to 67 mm.
The annual picture
October in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Stoke-on-Trent climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.4°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 61 | 12.7 | 8.28 h |
| February | 7.1°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 53 | 11.6 | 9.810 h |
| March | 9.3°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 56 | 11.8 | 11.812 h |
| April | 11.9°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 58 | 12.5 | 13.914 h |
| May | 15.0°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 60 | 12.0 | 15.816 h |
| June | 17.6°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 69 | 12.0 | 16.817 h |
| July | 19.6°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 70 | 12.8 | 16.416 h |
| August | 19.1°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 68 | 12.4 | 14.815 h |
| September | 16.7°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 61 | 11.0 | 12.713 h |
| October, selected | 13.1°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 70 | 12.3 | 10.711 h |
| November | 9.2°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 67 | 12.9 | 8.79 h |
| December | 6.7°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 69 | 13.1 | 7.78 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
October in nearby cities
- Crewe in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 20 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 7.4°C · 67 mm rain
- Stafford in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 23 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 7.6°C · 69 mm rain
- Cannock in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 36 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 7.3°C · 69 mm rain
- Telford in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 41 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 6.9°C · 65 mm rain
- Burton upon Trent in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 42 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 7.7°C · 67 mm rain
- Stockport in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 45 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 7.4°C · 89 mm rain
- High Peak in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 46 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 6.5°C · 86 mm rain
- Wolverhampton in OctoberUnited Kingdom · 47 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 7.3°C · 67 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Stoke-on-Trent) is explained once on the Stoke-on-Trent year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.